A
female university student has revealed she doesn't shave her body
hair.Yasmin Gasimova bared all her hair in a blog post, and even showed
off her downy black belly hair in a series of pictures.
The
19-year-old from Reading says the only hair grooming she undertakes is
on her face - and she removes her natural beard only when she can be
bothered.
The first year student at Liverpool
University is studying computer science and philosophy. She says she's
spent the last eight years not caring about her body hair - and only
shaving her legs when she wants a one night stand.
Writing for student newspaper The Tab, Yasmin said:
"Being
hairy isn't scary. In a society where women are expected to shave, I'm
not ashamed to admit I don't.I might trim my pubes if I'm going on
holiday, but catch me on a normal day when my armpits are bushy and my
legs furry, and you might be surprised."
Brunette
Yasmin recalls being bullied at school when moustache hairs started to
sprout on her upper lip when she was just 10-years-old.
"I
was trying to shave my noticeably hairy stomach, "I was never not
self-conscious of my hair, but now I embrace it.I stopped caring when I
was 11, as having naturally thick, fast-growing hair meant I'd need to
waste an hour just to get prickly dots on my legs, which would grow back
in a week.It's a huge inconvenience for me, as it never made me feel
comfortable, gave me loads of ingrown hairs, and my hairless legs
wouldn't match the rest of my hairy body."If I do shave, which is very,
very rare, it's for absolute necessity.
"If I'm going on a beach holiday, having swimming lessons, or if I'm trying to pull a one night stand, I'll shave.
"I still unfortunately prefer the inconvenience of shaving to the inevitable dirty looks and rejection."
She says women should embrace themselves the way they were created
"Although
women have just as much body hair, albeit generally thinner and
lighter, as a society we have decided they have to be completely
hairless in order to be seen as truly feminine."But nothing about a
woman's natural body should make her feel like less of a woman."
"There is also nothing dirty or unclean about body hair," she continued.
"Besides, we shouldn't hold women to a higher standard of cleanliness than men.
"This is the reality of a woman's body, and it shouldn't be hidden away."
Culled from Uk Mirror
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